Storing and treating structure for welding electrodes



Jan. 1, 1946. G. M. BElMER 2,391,940

STORING AND TREATING STRUCTURE FOR WELDING ELECTRODES Filed Nov. 24, 1943 2 Shets-Sheet 1 mlllli'iil I mumm g 4 ATTORNEY Jan. 1, 1946. G. M. BEIMER 2,391,940

STORING AND TREATING STRUCTURE FOR WELDING ELECTRODES Filed Nov. 24, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 1, 1946 STORING AND TREATING STRUCTURE FOR WELDING ELECIBODBS George M. Belmer, Rutherford, N. I, lnilnor to (louse Laboratories, Newark, N. 1., a corporation of New Jersey Application November 24, 1943, Serial No. 511,636

2Claims. morn-n1) This invention relates to means for storing and treating welding electrodes.

In electric arc-welding, it is now the standard practice to use coated or coveredelectrodes, the

ing chamber 6, the bottom of which is adapted tobeeonnectedbyapipe ltoasourceoiheat such as the exhaust oi the engine that propels the vehicle which, for one type of army use, is of coatings serving several functions which need 5 a nature similar to Couse Design Patent 0-109,- t be ne into in this application- 'Howevr. 942, issued May 31, 1938, which illustrates what these coatings will take up moisture which I have i kn wn in the trade as a traveling machine or found to interfere with the proper welding charrepair shop, when th structure is used in a acteristics that the electrodes should have when hi l ft-his type, it i preferably fastened as by the coating is dry. This moisture may be taken lo welding directly to some part of the body strucup while the electrodes arein storage, or they may t i s that it will not be tipped over by the be subjected to moisture, especially in open field rough going which is encountered many times by work particularly in army service. this type of vehicle or by army trucks.

It is therefore th prin p j t f my i The upper end of the chamber 8 is provided n to provide means for storing and treatin with an outiet'fl. It is to be understood that the these electrodes. chamber 8 is preferably completely sealed from At the same time it is an ancilla y bject of the two divisions of the cabinet on either side of y inv ti n t p de m a s f r st rin nonit, and each of these divisions is provided with Coated electrodes Which e usually used I 1 gas one or more breather-s I!) to allow the heated welding. vapors coming from the contents of the compart- A iurther object is to provide a single structure ments forming the divisions to pass out of the which will store or handle both types of elecbm t r es- As shown in Figure l, the front of the cabinet My invention will be readily appreciated by refis provided with a door it which is hinged at is erence to the annexed drawings, wherein: and held in glaze by fasteners 13. The doo I! Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combinais preferably provided with a ventilating chamtion structure to serve both types of electrodes. h r 34 hi h i ada t to tak i dry n; pref..

Fi ure 2 is a section on th line o u e ,1. erably from the bottom, which air passes through Figure 3 i a sectio on the l ne 3-3 of Figure 1. the holes i5 into the compartments, the shelves F e 4 is a f t ry view of a part of of which are welded to the side and back walls the front of the structure shown in Figure 1, of the cabinet aswell as to the heating chamber 6. s win h aling of the cabinet when the door m Figure 1 the box It of covered electrodes is is closed. shown in position in one of the compartments,

Figure 5 is a section somewhat similar to Figthe cover it being in place, which would be the ure 3, but through the heating chamber, showing 35 position for storing the electrodes to keep them one type of baiiie plate which may be used. continuously dry. However, if the electrodes are Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 4 but showdamp and are to be immediately dried out, then ing a modified form of battle plate in the heating of course the cover ii is removed. chamber. The auxiliary cabinet 2 is provided with a Figure 7 is a fragmentary perspective view of a 40 hinged door #8 and fasteners is. This cabinet compartment separator. is adapted to carry uncovered electrodes is used Figure 8 is a further modified form of construcfor gas welding, and since they are uncovered tion showing the heating chamber surrounding there is no necessity for drying them out. the electrode compartments. In Figure 5 the compartments 20 are provided In the drawings, i is a main cabinet for carrywith individual doors at. These doors may carry ing covered arc-welding electrodes, while 2 is an labels designating the type or size of electrodes to auxiliary cabinet preferably permanently fasbe found in the various compartments. For that tened as by welding to the main cabinet i. The matter, the compartments where a single door is cabinet i is divided into a plurality of compartused, as in Figure 1, may be interiorly labeled so ments by a series of shelves 3 which may be fiat that when the door is opened the welder may see metal plates having ventilating holes 5 therein, the proper designation of the electrodes he deor the shelves may be of the screen type 5 such akes to use. asshown inFigure 7. In Figure 5, transverse holes 22'are used to As shown in Figures 1 and 2, thereis' positioned, assist in ventilating the electrode compartments; preferably centrally of the main cabinet 0, a heat- 5 hat is, they connect: he compar m 011 n side of the heating chamber with the compartments on the other side, and they are located closely to the curved rear walls of the heating chamber against which the hot gases are directed by the baiiles.

Preferably, a sealing gasket 28 is used for the main door II as shown in Figure 4.

In Figure 8, the compartments II are spaced from the side walls of the cabinet where the heating chamber I is of a form which passes around at least two sides of the compartments.

While I have shown a storage and treating structure especially adapted for use with enginepropelled vehicle repair shops, the cabinets may be utilized in other places where there is a source of heat for passing through the heating chamber. Hence, I do not want to be unduly limited in the interpretation of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. Conditioning means for covered arc-welding electrodes used in field service on an engine propelled vehicle repair shop, said means comprising a cabinet having two vertically spaced rows of shelf type compartments to receive electrodes, the shelves having ventilation openings therein, each compartment having its own door, at least the top and bottom doors provided with air chambers to pass air into the compartments through the openings in said shelves, a heat transferring chamber centrally located between said rows oi compartments and extending straight across the cabinet with its rear wall terminating in close proximity to the rear wall or the cabinet thereby forming a small space chamber thereat, means for passing heat coming from said engine to and from said heating chamber and means for ventilating the compartments, the ventilation being assisted by transverse passages connecting the compartments on one side of the heating chamber with the corresponding compartments on the other side by way of said space chamber. v

2. A structure for carrying and conditioning covered arc-welding electrodes in an enginepropelled vehicle repair shop comprising a steel cabinet adapted to be fastened to the framework of the vehicle, the cabinet having a centrally located closed heating chamber extending clear across one dimension of the cabinet and welded to at least one of its walls, compartments having perforated shelves fastened to the side walls of the cabinet and to the heating chamber, a door for said compartments, said door having means defining a ventilating chamber open at one end, said" door having openings therein for admitting air from said ventilating chamber to said compartments, means for circulating engine exhaust gases through said heating chamber, and means for venting said compartments.

GEORGE M. BEIMER. 

